40 Unusual And Fascinating Maps That Might Teach You Something New About Our World (New Pics)

In case you're wondering, because I looked it up immediately when I had learned about it: It's manmade, was made in 1991, is 116 meters long, and a 1:10,000 scale of Finland! The construction engineer was Esko Sääskilahti. It was going to be the Centerpoint of a tourist village, but that part was never completed. The lake took a week to excavate. Hope you enjoyed learning some more! :-)

Arftificial lake, tourist attraction:-}

That is the most interesting fact. I like it.

or Finland looks like the lake... :D

hewiysa shajkwado

That's shockingly precise, considering the year of production.

Poor Canada.

If this isn't irrefutable 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙛 that Australia does not exist then I don't know what is!

Has Java, Sumatra. Must be one of the first maps not to show the mythical island of Taprobana (a huge island between India and Malaysia)

Terra Australis Incognita. Hypothetical continent in southern hemisphere that turned out to be Antarctica. Perhaps that protrusion on the left might be Australia? It was "discovered" not long after this map was drawn. People suspected there might be land.

that's a lot of castles. I didnt realise there were that many.

Yet you show only a part of Europe, not the entirety of Europe. Wow.

What is the definition of a castle? I’m sure, in Hungary we have had much less castles.

What's with that dark shadowy place at southwest corner of France??

Spain- "We're good. Thanks though. "

Yay, Czechoslovakia!

I had one of those!!

Beyond awesome

some little changes :)

The fact that half the countries on the map are labeled with one letter makes is just slightly less helpful at learning geography.

Probably 'counties', not countries. Edit 5 hours later to add: hmm, they changed the title from 'countries' to 'counties' so this comment now confusing, "huh?".

Counties?

(on the right) me starting delicate handwork, (on the left) how it ends, if i finish it...

In Louisiana they're called parishes and not counties. Doesn't really make a difference to the map but it's the only state other than the not included Alaska (boroughs) that doesn't call them counties.

Interesting how the big counties in the west turn into a vast array of much smaller counties east of the Mississippi

26% of the Netherlands should be under sea level.

Boot with the fur

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Even geographically the Ukraine looks like it belongs with Russia.

Oops Turkey

I am American and lived in the UK/Germany for half a year, can confirm their food is fresher, more locally grown, better quality and healthier overall than the options you see in a US store. Also, we didn’t have a car because wherever you live, there’s always a grocery store within walking distance, so you burn more calories to access your calories. And you could only bring home what food you could carry in bags, so you prioritized what you needed and didn’t have room for superfluous (junk food) items.

USA, US..ugh I’m too out of breath to cheer anymore